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Mr. Nixon Selects.(The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment That Redefined the Supreme Court)(Review)
The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment That Redefined the Supreme Court, by John W. Dean (Free Press, 333 pp., $26)
'Who the hell is that clown?" President Richard M. Nixon asked an aide after a White House meeting on July 1, 1971. He was referring to an assistant attorney general wearing Hush Puppies and a pink shirt that clashed with a psychedelic tie. "Is he Jewish?" Nixon went on. "He looks it. That's a hell of a costume he's wearing, just like a clown." The president was told the man was William H. Rehnquist.
The name didn't stick. On July 24, Nixon referred to him as "Renchburg." On October 5, Sen. Barry Goldwater, in a ...
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